Backing Up Entourage

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rossk

Just wondering if there are any other sysy admins out there with the
same issue I have written below?

Basically when doing a backup of the users computer in a business
environment it stinks to back up entourage. Entourage keeps the email
in a db and any change that whole db needs to be backed up. Now in
certain places it is not difficult since they are on IMAP, but POP
users with 1-2 gigs of email the whole db of 1-2 gigs needs to be
backed up nightly. With Apple Mail each message is kept separate so
back up only backs up that one message. Anyone know a way to simplify
this back up method of just what has changed? If so def let me know
because this is a major issue with Entourage.
 
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Diane Ross

Just wondering if there are any other sysy admins out there with the
same issue I have written below?

Basically when doing a backup of the users computer in a business
environment it stinks to back up entourage. Entourage keeps the email
in a db and any change that whole db needs to be backed up. Now in
certain places it is not difficult since they are on IMAP, but POP
users with 1-2 gigs of email the whole db of 1-2 gigs needs to be
backed up nightly. With Apple Mail each message is kept separate so
back up only backs up that one message. Anyone know a way to simplify
this back up method of just what has changed? If so def let me know
because this is a major issue with Entourage.
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There is no way around the backup issue. Sorry!

You can seen Microsoft feedback on this requesting a different backup
strategy, but because the database is so tied into all of the features it is
highly doubtful they will change from the database as storage.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>
 
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rossk

That is what I thought, this a horrible product in that sense since
backing up is an important aspect for business use to home user use.
Thanks for the info
 
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